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Donato Tramuto on the Power and Impact of Compassionate Leadership: An interview by Bob Morris

April 6, 2022

Donato J. Tramuto is widely recognized for his commitment to social change and transformational leadership in healthcare innovation that led The New York Times to deem him “a global health activist.” He is the former CEO of Tivity Health®, Inc.…

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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Perspectives

April 5, 2022

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American lecturer, poet, and essayist, the leading exponent of New England Transcendentalism. Emerson’s voice and rhetoric sustained the faith of thousands in the American lecture circuits between 1834 and the American Civil War. He served as a…

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It’s Time to Talk about Race at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

April 4, 2022

It’s Time to Talk about Race at Work: Every Leader’s Guide to Making Progress on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Kelly McDonald Wiley (June 2021) Channeling Thomas Edison, “Affirmation of DEI without execution is hallucination.”  The original meaning of the word…

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The science behind transformations: Protecting value from day one

April 3, 2022

Here is a brief but substantial article written by Michael Bucy, Bill Schaninger, Kate Van Akin, and Brooke Weddle for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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How to Make Great Decisions, Quickly

April 2, 2022

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Martin G. Moore for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email…

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In conversation: The CEO moment

April 1, 2022

Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a podcast sponsored McKinsey & Company. The participants are Sean Brown, Kurt Strovink, and Carolyn Dewar. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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Here are memorable insights by and about women

March 31, 2022

The most valuable insights are not gender-specific. For example, from Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” No doubt some are more relevant to women than they are to men. These are among the most widely quoted observations…

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The Power of Little Ideas: A book review by Bob Morris

March 30, 2022

The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation David Robertson with Kent Linebac k Harvard Business Review Press (May 2017) Do innovators have only two choices: innovate small incrementally or innovate big disruptively? “There is another option.”…

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What Matters Now

March 30, 2022

Here is an article by Abbie Lundberg for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * One of the reasons I joined MIT Sloan Management Review is…

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Originals: A book review by Bob Morris

March 29, 2022

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (2016) How and why originality starts with creative thinking, is driven by a vision, and can eventually have global impact Some books (not many) have…

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